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New Essay on the "Nothing to Hide" Argument |
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Written by <a href='/community/profile/Didymus'>Didymus</a>
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Monday, 09 July 2007 09:25 |
 Professor Daniel J. Solove (George Washington University Law School) has posted a short essay on SSRN entitled "I've Got Nothing to Hide" and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy. The essay is available here: http://ssrn.com/abstract=998565 Abstract: In this short essay, written for a symposium in the San Diego Law Review, Professor Daniel Solove examines the "nothing to hide" argument. When asked about government surveillance and data mining, many people respond by declaring: "I've got nothing to hide." According to the "nothing to hide" argument, there is no threat to privacy unless the government uncovers unlawful activity, in which case a person has no legitimate justification to claim that it remain private. The "nothing to hide" argument and its variants are quite prevalent, and thus are worth addressing. In this essay, Solove critiques the "nothing to hide" argument and exposes its faulty underpinnings. The essay contains a brief survey of Solove's theory of privacy, which it applies to the "nothing to hide" argument.
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